Are Republicans More Authentic Than Democrats?

The Democratic National Convention began under a pall as a new e-mail scandal erupts (Photos: AFP/Imagebank)

If there is one lesson to be learned from both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions it’s that people ought to be much more judicious with what they put in writing.

Any mileage that the Democrats thought they might have earned after a Trump speechwriter admitted she heisted a few pithy quotes from Michelle Obama and grafted it onto Melania Trump’s speech was squandered by reports of thousands of leaked e-mails from more than a half-dozen Democratic National Committee officials betraying a heavy bias toward Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. If anyone needs proof that the “e” in e-mail stands for “evidence” this is it. Haul out a scale and the sin of the Democrats would be far heavier than that of the Republicans.

The Trump speechwriter’s iniquity was a mark of unprofessionalism laziness and perhaps immaturity. Unless Michelle Obama copyrighted her speech and decides to sue the story is over except for those who love to rehash dated political gossip.